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Student,canyousee?Allright,goodmorning.
GoodmorningTeacher.
Beforewestartthere'sacouplethingsIwanttogooverandremindyouof.Learning
agreements,right?Weneedtohaveoneconversationatatime.Whenyou'reinpairs,
partnerAisgoingtospeakfirst,thenpartnerB.WhilepartnerAisspeakingispartnerB
goingtotalk?
No.
What'spartnerBgoingtodo?
Listen.
Listen,andwhenpartnerBisspeakingwhat'spartnerAgoingtodo?
Listen.
Verygood.Okay,stayfocusedonthetopic.What'sourtopicfortoday?
Plants.[crosstalk00:00:43].
Structures,plantstructures.Wildideas,encouragewildideas.Ilikethose,especially
whenyouguyshavewildquestionsandweneedtoresearchthem.Deferjudgment,so
nojudgingpeoplebasedontheirwildcrazyideas.Wearenotjudgmental.Buildonthe
ideasofothers.Ifsomebodyhasanideaandmaybetheydon'thaveeverythingthey
needtofinishtheirthought,we'regoingtobehelpfulandhelpthemoutandfinishtheir
thought.Failoftentosucceedsooner.Ifwetrysomethingoutanditdoesn'twork,amI
goingtogetreallyreallymad?
No.
No.Theonlytimeweevergetupsetiswhenwedon'ttry.Ourlearningtargetfortoday,
sowhatwe'regoingtobeabletodobytheendoftodayis,saythiswithme,"Ican
compare..."
Icancompare...
"Andcontrast..."
Andcontrast...
"Plants..."
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Plants...
"Fromtwodifferentenvironments."
Fromtwodifferentenvironments.
Okay.Whatdoyouthinkourenvironmentsaregoingtobethatwe'recomparing?
Student?
TheforestandtheArctic.
Yeah,theforestandtheArctic,good.Okay,soI'vealreadypickedyourscouts,
[inaudible00:02:10]and[Student00:02:11].Yourjobasscoutsistolookforbehavior.
You'regoingtolookforbehaviorofthethree,"Be's."Besafe,soyou'regoingtolookfor
peoplewhoarebeingsafewiththeirmaterials,beingsafewhentheyneedtostandup
andgowalkaroundtheroom,beingsafewhentheyneedtogetupandusethe
bathroom.Beingresponsible,soyou'regoingtolookforpeoplewhoareusingthe
materialscorrectly,whoarestayingontopicwhenwehavepartnerdiscussion,whoare
doingtheirbestwork.
Youaregoingtolookforpeoplewhoarebeingrespectful.Youaregoingtolookfor
peoplewhoareraisingtheirhandtotalkandnotshoutingoutanswers.You'regoingto
lookforpeoplewhoarelisteningtotheirpartners,whoaresharingtheirideaswith
theirpartners.You'regoingtolookforpeoplewhoarespeakinginthecorrectlevelof
voice.You'regoingtolookforpeoplewhoaresaying,"Please,"and,"Thankyou,"and,
"You'rewelcome."Allright,andifyougetpickedbyoneofourscouts,wehavesome
moreSuperBotanistawards.Student,doyouremember,whatisabotanist?It'satype
ofscientist,whatdoesthatscientiststudy?
Plants.
Yeah,plants.Allright,let'sgetstarted.ThefirstthingIhaveforyouis,wedidareview
ofthestranglerfig,we'regoingtodoawordreviewoftheArcticpoppybecauseit's
beenacoupledayssincewethoughtaboutthis.Ifyoudon'tgetaword,that'sokay,
becauseyou'regoingtodiscussitwithyourpartner...
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Ihaveacoupleextrawords.I'mgoingtogiveyoutwominutes.Evenifyourpartnerhas
awordbecauseIhadextrawords...It'sokay.Evenifyourpartnerhasaword,Iwant
youtoturntothepersonsittingnexttoyouanddiscuss,"Whatisyourword?What
doesitmean?WherecanIfinditonthechart?Isthereapictureuphereofyourword?"
Okay,go.
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[crosstalk00:05:04][inaudible00:05:05].
Whatwordsdoyouhave?Thickstemandadaptations,okay.Whorememberswhatthe
thickstemwas?
Thickstemwaslike...Oh,it'scoveredinhair.
Okay,whatisthefunctionofthethickstemfortheArcticpoppy?Whatdoesitdo?
Itfollowsthesun.
Isthatthethickstem,oristhattheflower?
Theflower.
Theflower?Okay.Doyourememberwesaidthethickstemwaslikeastraw?
Yeah,tosuckupthewater.
Ohyeah,tosuckupthewater.What'ssomethingallplantsneed?
Waterandsunlight.
Waterandsunlight,and?
Air.
Air.
Air.Whatworddoyouhave,[Student00:05:53]?
Adaptations.
Adaptations,oh!Whorememberswhatadaptationswas?Itwasourkeyword,itmeans
to...
Fillin.
Notfillin.
Fitin.
Fitin.TalkwithStudentand[Student00:06:12]about,"HowdoestheArcticpoppyfitin
totheenvironmentitlivesin?"Whatwastheenvironmentitlivedin?Thejungle?
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TheArctic.
TheArctic.HowdoesitfitintotheArctic?...Youguyshaveagoodword?Oh,what
doesthatmean?...Verynice.Okay,let'sstartoffwithreviewingsomewordsweneed
inordertocompleteourlearningtarget.Twopeoplehavewordsfromourlearning
target.Compare,whohascompare?Youtwo,okay.Comeonup,oneperson.Stick
compareuphere...Ifsomeone'sinyourwaywhatdoyousaytothem?
Excuseme.
Okay,andifyouheartheword,"Excuseme,"whatdoyoudo?
Move.
Thankyou.[Student00:07:46],whatdoesitmeantocomparesomething?
Somethingtocompare...[inaudible00:08:14].
Okay,sothosewouldbesomewordsyouwoulduseinyourwriting.IfIwereto
compareanappleandanorange,whatissimilaraboutthem?
They'rebothafruit.
Verygood,yeah.They'rebothafruit.That'sonethingwe'regoingtodoinourwriting
today,iswe'regoingtocomparethestrangerfigandtheArcticpoppy.We'regoingto
findthingsthataresimilaraboutthem,okay?Good,youcanhaveaseat.Thankyou.
Whohastheoppositeword,theantonym?Student,comeonup.Youarethenext
contestanton...Whatworddidyouhave?
Contrast.
Contrast,whatdoesitmeantocontrastsomething?
Itmeansfindingsomethingdifferent.
Okay,sowe'lluse[Student's00:09:13]exampleoftheappleandtheorange.Ifyouwere
tocontrasttheappleandtheorangehowaretheydifferent?
They'redifferentbycolor.Anorangeisorange,andanappleisred.
Yeah,red,orgreen,oryellow,ornotorange.Okay,verygood.Youcanhaveaseat.On
theotherpartofourwritingtodaywe'regoingtocontrasthowthestranglerfigandthe
Arcticpoppyaredifferent.Howtheirstructuresaredifferent,howtheirfunctionsmight
bedifferent,adaptations.Whichbringsustothenextword,"Adaptation."Whohas,
"Adaptation?"Student,comeonup.Youcanjustputitundertheotherone.Okay,
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adaptation.Whatdoes,"Adaptation,"mean?
Adaptationissomethingthat...
Itwasourkeyword,itmeansto...
Fitin.
Tofitin,okay.Doyouseeanadaptationinoneofthesepictures?
Thatone.
Thisone?Okay,whatadaptiondoyousee?
Hair.
Hair,andwheredoesitbelong,onthestranglerfigortheArcticpoppy?
Arcticpoppy.
Okay,whatdoyouthinktheadaptionofhavinghairisfor?
Tokeepitwarm.
Tokeepitwarm,possibly.Allright,good.Thankyou,youcanhaveaseat.Arcticpoppy,
whohasArcticpoppy?[Student00:11:04],comearound...Arcticpoppy,whatisthe
Arcticpoppy?
AnArcticpoppyisaplantthatfollowsthesun.
Wheredoesitlive?
IntheArctic.
Verygood.Allright,let'slearn...Thankyou,haveaseat.Let'stalkaboutsomeofit's
structures.OneofthestructuresoftheArcticpoppyisthesolitaryflower.Whohas,
"Solitaryflower?"Student,comeonup...What'sthe,"Solitaryflower?"
Thesolitaryflowerisaplantthat...
What'sitfunction?
Ittrapstheheatinthepetals.
Okay,ittrapstheheatinthepetals.Whydoesittrapheatinthepetals?...Didwetalk
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aboutthat?Yeah,okay.Perfecttimetouseoneofourlearningagreements,whocan
helpherout?WhydoestheArcticpoppytrapheatinsideofitspetals?Student?
Ittrapsheatinsideofitspetalsbecause[inaudible00:12:42]soitcansurvive[inaudible
00:12:45].
Muchsun.
Muchsun.
Yeah.Okay,good.Putitupthere.What'sanotheradaptationthatthesolitaryflower
uses?Student?
Oneadaptationisitfollowsthesun.
Yeah,itfollowsthesun.TheArcticpoppyhasaveryshortgrowingseason,wetalked
aboutthat.TheArcticonlyhasfulldaysofsuninthesummertime,soitonlygrowsfrom
likeJulyuntilAugust,maybealittlebitinJune.Thewholetimeit'sgrowingitneedsto
getasmuchsunlightaspossible,sooneofthethingsitdoesisitfollowsthesun,it
followsthearcofthesun.Good.
Doyouseethesolitaryfloweranywhereinoneofthesepictures?...Rightthere,yeah.
Let'susethisonebecauseit'salittlebitsmaller.I'msorry,Ihiditbehindthisone.The
solitaryflower.Verynice,haveaseat.Thankyou.AnotherstructurethattheArctic
poppyhasisthethickstem.Whohas,"Thickstem?"
Me.
AllrightStudent,comeonup...Stickitupthere.What'sathickstem?
Athickstemiscoveredwithhaironit.
Whatworddidwesayitwassimilarto?It'slikea...
Astraw.
Astraw.Whyisitlikeastraw?
BecauseIthinkitsucksthewaterlikeastraw.[Straws00:14:39]...
Itusesastrawtosuckupwater,orit'slikeastraw?...TheArcticpoppyhaslipsanda
mouth?
No.
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Andadiaphragmtosuckwaterupfromtheground?No,okay.Thenit'slikeastraw.
Yeah.
It'slikeastraw.Okay,verygood.Athickstem.Watertravelsupthroughthethickstem
tothesolitaryflower,butwheredoesallthatwatercomefrom?Whohas,"Shallow
roots?"[inaudible00:15:15],comeonup.Shallowroots...Whatisthefunctionofthe
shallowroots?
ThefunctionoftheshallowrootsisitallowstheArcticpoppytogrowonrocks.
Okay,howdotheshallowrootsaidtheArcticpoppy'sgrowth?
Well,it[inaudible00:15:41].
Good,okay.What'sanotherjoboftheshallowroots?Ithelpsthethicksteminsucking
up...
Water.
Water,yeah.Itgetsthewaterfrom,this...
Thepermafrost.
Yeah,underthepermafrost.Whohas,"Permafrost?"Student,comeonup.Thankyou,
[inaudible00:16:06].Youcanhaveaseat...What'spermafrost?
Permafrostis[inaudible00:16:21].
Notquite.Okay,let'shelpherout.Whorememberswhatpermafrostwas?[inaudible
00:16:32],what'spermafrost?
Permafrostiswaterunderalloftheice.
Yeah,rememberwetalkedaboutwhenyougotothebeachandthewavehasjust
recededbackintotheocean?Thesandlooksdryandyoukindofdigalittlebitinthe
sand,andallofasuddenallthiswaterstartsbubblingup.Thelayerofsandthatyou
needtodigthroughislikethepermafrost.It'skindofathicklayerofice.There'sgrass,
dirtandrocks,andthenthere'sice.Underneathallofthatpermafrostiswhereallthe
wateristhattheArcticpoppysucksupwithitsrootsanditsthickstem.Allright,thank
youverymuch.
Dowehaveanymore?Ohokay,twomore.Thelasttwothingswe'regoingtotalkabout
areitsenvironment.Whohas,"Arctic,"or,"Tundra?"[Student00:17:31],comeonup...
Youcanjuststickitrightthere.CanyoudescribetheArcticortheTundraenvironment
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tous?
It'sverycoldandsnowy.
Okay,doyouseeapictureofitsenvironmentupthere?...Canyoushoweverybody?
Yeah,verycold,verysnowy.Doyouseealotofvegetation?
No.
No.Doweseealotofanimals?
No.
No,itdoesn'thaveasmanyanimalsasotherenvironments.Whydoyouthinkitdoesn't
havealotofvegetationoralotofanimals?Turnandtalktoyourpartnerreallyquickly.
[crosstalk00:18:22][inaudible00:18:22]...
Whydoyouthinkitdoesn'thavealotofvegetationoranimals?...
[inaudible00:18:36]...
Thankyou.Okay,whydoyouthinktheArcticdoesn'thavealotofvegetation?Student?
Itdoesn'thavealotofsunlight.
Itdoesn'thavealotofsunlight,right.Wesaidthesunisusuallyonlyoutacouple
monthsoutoftheyear.Duringthewintertimenothinggrows.Whyelse,[Student
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Someplantscan'tgrowinthecold.
Yeah,someplantshaven'tadaptedtothecoldweather.There'salotnotalotofwater.
Theremightbesnow,buttheplantscan'tdrinksnow,theycanonlydrinkunfrozen
water.Whydoyouthinkthentherewouldn'tbealotofanimalsinanenvironmentlike
theArcticortheTundra?[Student00:19:58]?
Thevegetationcan'tfeedtheanimals.
Good.Didyouhearwhathesaid,Student?No,okay.[Student00:20:10],canyousayita
littlebitlouder?
Thevegetationcan'tfeedtheanimals.
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Yeah,ifthere'salimitedsupplyofvegetation,thenthere'saverylimitedsupplyoffood
forotheranimalstoeat.Vegetation,producer.Animals,consumer.Notenough
producers,notenoughconsumers.Otheranimalsthatarecarnivorouscan'teatthose
herbivores.Okay,verygood.Lastonefortodayandthenwe'llstartoutwriting.The
otherenvironmentthatwetalkedaboutisthewhat,[Student00:20:48]?
Therainforest.
Rainforest,totaloppositeoftheArctic.Comeonup,putitup...Okay,therainforest.
Canyoudescribetherainforesttousalittlebit?
Intherainforestthere'salotofanimalsand[water00:21:16].
Okay,lotsofanimals,lotsofplants.It'svery...Doyouseeapictureupherethatshows
therainforest.Yeah,okay.Iseealotofgreen.Iseealotoftrees.Whydoyouthinkthe
rainforesthassomuchvegetation?Student,whydoyouthinktherainforesthasso
muchvegetation?Whatdoesitgetalotof?
Rain.
Yeah,alotofrain.Alotmorerain,andthenallthosetalltreeshaveadaptedtoreach
thesunlight.Verygood,allright.I'mgoingtostickthatuphere.Okay,thankyou.Havea
seat.Whatwe'regoingtodonextis,wearegoingtoworktogethertostartyouressay
comparingandcontrastingplantsfromdifferentenvironments.Iwillleavetheinput
chartuphere,andwe'regoingtouseittohelpstartouressay.WhatImean,"Start,"I
meanwe'regoingtowritethefirstthreeorfoursentences,andthenyouaregoingto
gooffandwritethelastthreeorfoursentences,okay?Howdoeseverybodyfeelabout
that?
Good.
Yeah?Allright,good...Here'sourquestionwe'reansweringfortoday."Howareplants
fromdifferentenvironmentssimilar?Howaretheydifferent?"HowdoyouthinkI
shouldstartoffmyparagraph?Turnandtalktoyourneighbor."HowshouldIstartoff
myparagraph?IsthereaspecificsentenceIcouldusetohelpmeeffectivelystartoffmy
paragraph?"
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Okay,I'mverysorry.Beforewestartwritingourintroductorysentence,let'scheckin
withourscouts.[inaudible00:24:21],haveyouseenanybodyexhibitinggoodbehavior?
Isaw[Student00:24:32]exhibitinggoodbehavior,Ithink,whenshewasaskedtocome
upandputherwordup.Shewentaroundeveryoneinsteadofwalkingthrough.
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Oh,verynice.Canyoupassthatbackto[Student00:24:47],please?Awesome.Okay,
didyouseeanybodyelseexhibitinggoodbehavior?
IsawStudent,becauseStudentwasansweringhisquestionswithacompletesentence.
Oh,verygood.Okay,passthattoStudent.Thankyou.[Student00:25:10],ourother
scout,didyouseeanybodyexhibitinggoodbehavior?...No?Howaboutyourpartner?
Yeah.
Yeah?Okay,whydidStudentexhibitgoodbehavior?Whatexampledidhedo?
Heusedappropriatevoicelevel.
Okay,soheusedappropriatevoicelevel.Iheardyouwhenyoutwoweretalkinginyour
group,youweren'tbeingsoloudnoneoftheothergroupscouldheareachother,but
whenIaskedhimaquestionhespokeloudenoughthatIcouldhearhimandpeoplein
thebackcouldhearhim.Verynice,Student.Thankyou.Scouts,keeplookingforgood
behavior.BeforeIsendyouofftowriteyouressay,we'llcheckinwithyouguysagain
andifIforgetcanyouremindme?Allright,ourparagraph,howdowewanttostartit?
Student,Isawyourhandshootup.Howdoyouthinkwewouldstartansweringa
questionlikethat?
Wecouldstartansweringthequestionusingthelearningtarget.
Okay,youcanusethelanguageofthelearningtarget."Icancompareandcontrast
plantsfromtwodifferentenvironments."Whattransitionwordwouldyouuse?Would
youuse,"By?Because?"...Youcanputitonthisside.Rightthere,thankyou..."By,
because,since,"whichtransitionworddoyouthinksoundslikeitmakesthemost
sense?
"By."
"By?"Okay,solet'smakethat,"By."...Okay,"Icancompareandcontrastplantsfrom
twodifferentenvironmentsby..."Whatdowewanttosayaboutthem?Student?
Bycomparingthattheybothneedwaterandsunlight.
Okay,"Icancompareandcontrastplantsfromtwodifferentenvironmentsby
comparingthattheybothneedwaterandsunlight."Dowewanttoaddanythingelse
that'ssimilar?HowelsecanwecomparetheArcticpoppyandthestranglerfig?
Oh,they'rebothplants.
Okay.Yes,theyarebothplants.Canwegetalittlebitdeeperinourcomparison?
[Student00:29:08]?
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Theybothhaveroots.
Yup,theybothhaveroots...Anythingelsewewanttoaddthat'ssimilaraboutthe
strangerfigandtheArcticpoppy?[Student00:29:44],Ihaven'theardfromyouyet.
Whatelsedotheybothhave?...Dotheybothhaveadaptations?
Theybothhavestems.
Oh,theybothhavestems.Yeah,there'sstemsoffofthefoliageofthestrangerfig.
Okay,I'mgoingtostopitrighttherebecauseIthinkweneedtorevisethisalittlebit.
Howaboutyou?Yeah?Okay."Icancompareandcontrastplantsfromtwodifferent
environmentsbycomparingthattheybothneedwaterandsunlight."Doesanybody
knowwhatweforgot?Whatdidweforget?Youforgottotalkabouttheir...
[crosstalk00:31:06][inaudible00:31:06].
Nope.Whattwoplantsarewecomparing?
Oh,theirname.
Yeah,weforgottotellthenames.IfMs.[Cutty's00:31:21]classisreadingthisthey
wouldhavenoideawhattwoplantsweweretalkingabout,soweneedtoincludetheir
names."Icancompareandcontrastplantsfromtwodifferentenvironmentsby
comparing,"righthere.I'mgoingto[inaudible00:31:48]it.Whattwoplantsarewe
comparing?
Arcticpoppyandthestrangerfig.
ThestranglerfigandtheArcticpoppy.Oops,myspellingishorribletoday...Allright,"A
stranglerfigandanArcticpoppy."...Let'sstartover."Icancompareandcontrastplants
fromtwodifferentenvironmentsbycomparingthestranglerfigandtheArcticpoppy,
thattheybothneedwaterandsunlight."Thisstilldoesn'tsoundlikeagreat5thgrade
sentence,okay?Wetalkedaboutthetwodifferentplants,didwementiontheir
environments?
No.
No.Doyouthinkweshouldwritesomethingabouttheirenvironmentsfirst,beforewe
getintocomparingandcontrasting?Okay,sodowewanttoputitinthesamesentence
ordoyouthinkweshouldstopthesentencerightthereandmakeanewsentence?
Makeanewsentence.
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TalkaboutitwithyourpartnerandthenIwanttoknowwhy...Whatdoyouguysthink,
shouldweputaperiodrighthereandstartanewsentenceordoyouthinkweshould
justkeepitallinthesamesentence?
[inaudible00:33:50]...
Whatdoyouthink,Student?Shouldweputaperiodrighthereandmakeanew
sentence?
Yeah..
Yeah,why?
[inaudible00:34:04]...
Hi,thankyou...Okay,whohasathought?Whatdoyouthinkweshoulddo?[Student
00:34:35],whatdoyouthinkweshoulddo?
Weshouldmakethemanewsentencebecause[inaudible00:34:45]arunonsentence.
Oh,verygood.Ilikedthatyouusedthatkeywordthatwe'vebeendiscussing,"Run-on."
Run-onsentenceshavemorethanoneideainthem.Wedon'twanttohaverun-on
sentencesinourwriting.Wetalkedaboutthetwoplants,we'regoingtoputaperiod
righthere.Now,wejuststartanewsentenceandtalkabouttheirenvironment.What
canwesayabouttheirenvironment?Shallwesaysomethinglike,"Theenvironments
aretheArcticandtherainforest?"
[crosstalk00:35:30]No.Yes.
Maybe,butlet'smakeitalittlebitmorespecific.Howabouttalkingaboutwhereeach
plantlives?TheArcticpoppy[crosstalk00:35:39]livesinthe...
LivesintheArctic.
Arctic,andthe...
[crosstalk00:35:44]Stranglerfiglivesintherainforest.
Iheard,"Thestranglerfiglivesintherainforest."I'mgoingtotryandputallofthaton
theboard...."Icancompareandcontrastplantsfromtwodifferentenvironmentsby
comparingbycomparingthestranglerfigandtheArcticpoppy."Doesthatsoundokay?
Yeah,notbad."TheArcticpoppylivesintheArctic,andthestranglerfiglivesinthe
rainforest."Okay,sonowlet'sgetintoourcomparisons.Theybothneedwaterand...
Sunlight.
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Sunlight...Let'sfixthis,takethatwordout.WhatgrammaticalthingdoIneedtodofor
thissinceit'sthestartofanewsentence?
Oh,capitalize.
Yeah,capitalizetheT."Theybothneedwaterandsunlight.Theybothhaveroots.They
bothhavestems.""Theyboth,"isstartingtosoundveryrepetitive.Itsoundskindof
choppy,solet'sseeifwecancombinesomeofthesethoughtsandmakeitonelong
compoundsentence."Theybothneedwaterandsunlight."I'mseeingacompound
word,whatcompoundworddoyouhearin,"Theybothneedwaterandsunlight?"
And.
"And,"okay.Howdoyouthinkyoucancombinethenexttwosentences?"Theyboth
haveroots.Theybothhavestems."
And.
Talktoyourpartnerandfigureout,whatwouldthesentencesoundlike?
[crosstalk00:39:08][inaudible00:39:09]...
Student,Iheardyouhavinggoodconversationswithyourpartners.Whatdoyouthink
thatnewcompoundsentenceisgoingtosoundlike?"Theybothhaveroots..."
Theybothhaverootsandtheybothhavestems.
Yeah,"Theybothhaverootsandtheybothhavestems."Doyouthinkitwouldstill
soundokayifwetookoutanotherpartofthatsentence?
Yes.
Insteadofsaying,"Theybothhaverootsandtheybothhavestems,"whatifwejust
wrote,"Theybothhaverootsandstems?"
Yeah.
Doesthatstillsoundokay?Okay,let'strythat...Yes,Student?
Youcantakeoffthe,"And,"anduseatransitionwordlike,"Next."
Okay,Ithinkthatwouldbeagoodidea.We'lluseanothertransitionwordwhenwego
toanewidea.We'restilltalkingabout,"Howaretheysimilar?"That'sthesameidea,so
thecompoundwordisjustcombiningideasinthisbiggerideaofcomparing,butIlike
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ourideaofusing,"Next."Whenweswitchthecontrastwe'llusethattransitionword.Is
thereanythingelsethattheybothhave?Lookbackatitsstructures,lookbackatits
functions.Thinkaboutitsadaptationsaswell.Isthereanythingelsetheybothhavein
common?[Student00:41:25]?
Theybothhaveleaves.
Okay.Theybothhaveleaves,yeah.Whatarethoseleavesusedfor?Let'sgetoneofthe
functionsinherebecausewelistedawholebunchofstructures,wehaven'ttalked
aboutwhattheydo.DotheleavesinthestranglerfigandtheleavesintheArcticpoppy
havethesamefunction?
No.
No?
Yes.
Yes?Youdon'tsoundsure.
[crosstalk00:41:53][inaudible00:41:53].
Okay,whosays,"No?"Whosays,"Yes?"Okay,talkto...Whodoesn'tknow?Okay,talk
toyourpartner,seeifyoucancomeupwithdefinitive,"Yes,"or,"No,"andwhy...
[crosstalk00:42:10][inaudible00:42:11]...
[Student00:42:15],sowhatdoyouthink?Dotheleaveshavethesamefunctioninboth
plants?Doyouknowwhatthefunctionoftheleavesis?
Ithinkfoliage.
Foliage?Yes,foliageisleaves.Okay,youthinktheydo?Why?
Ithink[inaudible00:42:37]theArcticpoppyflowerfollowsthesunlight..
Butthat'snotaleaf,that'stheflower.What'stheleaf?Thinkaboutit,whatisthe
functionofaleafintheplant?It'stomake...
Tomakefood.
Okay,sodoyouthinktheleafintheArcticpoppymakesfood?
No.
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Ifitdoesn'tmakefoodhowdoesitgrow?Whatisthatcalled,inordertomakefood?
Photosynthesis.
Okay,sodoyouthinktheleavesontheArcticpoppyperformsphotosynthesis?
Yeah.
Doyouthinktheleavesonthestranglerfigperformphotosynthesis?
Yeah.
Thendotheyhavethesamefunction?
Yeah.
Okay...Ihadagoodconversationwiththatgroup.Let'ssharewitheverybodyelsewhat
wetalkedabout.Dotheleavesinbothplantshavethesamefunction?
Yes.
Yes?Whatistheirfunction,Student?
Tomakefood.
Yeah,whatisthatcalled?
Photosynthesis.
Yeah,toperformphotosynthesis.That'stheleavesfunctiononalmosteverysingle
plant.Theonlythingthat'sdifferentabouttheleavesontheArcticpoppyandtheleaves
onthestranglerfigisthisonejusthashaironit.Theirfunctionsarethesame,solet's
saythat.Howarewegoingtosaythatinasentence?Howabout,"Boththeleaveson
theArcticpoppyandthestranglerfig..."
"Arealike."
"...arealikebecause..."
"Theybothhavethesamefunction."
Yeah,whichisto...
Toperformphotosynthesis.
Verygood.Allright,thinkaboutwhatitisthatwe'vebeendoingbecauseI'mgoinghave
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youwriteyourthreecontrastsentencesinabouttwominutes.
Maywewritemorethanthree?
Yes,youmaywritemorethanthree.
Yes![crosstalk00:45:01][inaudible00:45:01]......
Yes,Iwas[inaudible00:46:27]...
[crosstalk00:46:28][inaudible00:46:28]...
Allright,let'sreadthroughonelasttimeandsee,isthisanacceptableintroductionto
ourparagraph?"Icancompareandcontrastplants..."Whyaren'tyouguysreading
withme?Canyoureadwithme,please?
"Icancompareandcontrastplantsfromtwodifferentenvironmentsbycomparingthe
stranglerfigandtheArcticpoppy.TheArcticpoppylivesintheArctic,andthestrangler
figlivesintherainforest.Theybothneedwaterandsunlight.Theybothhaverootsand
stems.ThefunctionoftheleavesontheArcticpoppyandthestranglerfigaresimilar
becausetheybothhavethesamefunctionofperformingphotosynthesis."
Howwasthat?Wasthataverygood,strong,scientificintroductiontoourparagraph?
Yeah.
Yeah?Doyoufeelcomfortablecontinuingthisandtalkingaboutcontrastingtheir
structures,functionsandadaptations?
Yes.
Yes?Okay.That'swhatyou'regoingtodoonthepaperinfrontofyou.I'mgoingtohave
you...Actually,Ichangemymind.Iwantyoutocreatea[inaudible00:48:38]docand
typethisout.
Yay!
Okay,soyou'regoingtostartitoffbytypingoutwhatwe'vealreadystartedtogether
andthenyoucanfinishit.Youhaveuntil9:30becauseIwanttoreadacouplepeoples
responsesfirst.Iwillmovethisovertheresothatyoucanseetheposterandthisatthe
sametime.CanIhavefromStudenttoStudent,Studentand[Student00:49:14],canyou
headbacktoyourseats,please?...Okay,canIhavethisrowheadbacktotheirseats?...
CanIhavethisrowheadbacktoyourseats?
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Ohmygoodness!Scouts,youforgottoremindme.That'sfine,juststaywhereyouare
andIwillgiveeachperson...[inaudible00:50:14].
[crosstalk00:50:22][inaudible00:50:23].
Yeah,sogotothe[waffles00:50:31]appsandclick,"Doc."
[crosstalk00:50:36][inaudible00:50:36].
Yeah,I'llgetit.I'llshowyouhowtoshare[inaudible00:50:43].
[crosstalk00:50:45][inaudible00:50:46].
Reallyquicklybeforeyoustart,didyouseeanyoneelsethathasnotyetgotanaward
todayexhibitinggoodbehavior?
IsawStudentexhibitinggoodbehaviorbecausewhenhewas[inaudible00:51:04].
Oh,verygood.Thankyou,Student.Okay,[Student00:51:12],didyouseeanybodyelse
exhibitinggoodbehavior?Whoareyoupointingto?
Thisgirlrighthere.
What'shername?
Student.
Student,okay.HowdidStudentexhibitgoodbehavior?...HowisStudentexhibiting
goodbehavior?
[inaudible00:51:38].
Shewasstayingontopicwhenshetalkedwithherpartner?
Yes.
Good.Allright,ifyoudon'tknowhowtomakeadoc,raiseyourhandIwillcomearound
andhelpyou,or[inaudible00:51:55]cancomearoundandhelpyou.Okay,whodoes
notknowhowtomaketheirowndoc?Okay,Student?
[inaudible00:52:08].
Yes.
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Yes,thisisthequestionyouareansweringrighthere.
Dowehavetotypeitup?
No.Youhavetotypeoutwhatwe'vewrittensofar.Whenyougettotheverylast
sentencethat'swhenyou...
Writeyourown.
...writehowthey'redifferent.You'regoingtocontrastthem."TheArcticpoppyisthis,
howeverthestranglerfigisthis."...Gotyourdocs?Whodoesnothavetheirdoc
[inaudible00:53:23]?Everybodyhaveadoc?......[inaudible00:54:36]......[inaudible
00:56:50]...
Asareminder,ifyoucan'tseesomethingbringyour[notebook00:57:48]closersoyou
canseeit,oryoucanwalkupandlookandthencomeback....Forthepeopleinthe
backit'salittlebithardertosee.InaboutfiveminutescanIhave[Student00:58:14],
Student,andStudent[inaudible00:58:21].No,notrightnow,infiveminutes,so9:08...
(Phoneringing)Hello?...Yes.Oh,[inaudible01:00:04]...oh,okay.Iwillask[inaudible
01:00:19].Bye...
Abouttwenty-fivemoreminutes.Thosethreepeople,youhaveabouttwomore
minutes......Okay,[Student01:02:17],Student,andStudent,bringyourcomputers
downtotheflooroverhere...Comecloser...[Student01:03:05],canyousitlikethem,
please?There'slesschancethatyou'lldropyourcomputer.Okay,Iwanttoworkwith
youthreeonyourcontrastsentencesbecausewe'restillnotfamiliarwithhowtouse
our[chart01:03:28].Wetalkedaboutthecomparing,whataresomethingsthatare
differentaboutthestranglerfigandtheArcticpoppy?
TheArcticpoppyhashairandthestranglerfigdoesn't.
Okay,sothatmaybeonesentencewewanttowrite.Youcansay,"Contrasting..."
"ContrastingtheArcticpoppyandthestranglerfig."
"ContrastingtheArcticpoppyandthestranglerfig."
Okay,"ContrastingtheArcticpoppyandthestranglerfig,theArcticpoppyhashairand
thestranglerfigdoesn't."Okay,socanyoutypethatup?Evenifyou'reinthemiddleof
thatquestion,[inaudible01:04:56]gobackandfillthatin,sojusttypethatup,okay?
Yes.
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So,"ContrastingtheArcticpoppyandthestranglerfig,theArcticpoppyhashairandthe
stranglerfigdoesn't."...Pass...
Isthishowyouspell,"Poppy?"
Okay,wherecanwelooktofindthatword?
It'sontheboard.
Yeah,rightthere,"Arcticpoppy."...Don'tforgetthepass."Arcticpoppy."......Okay,
whatelseisdifferentaboutthesetwoflowers?Thesetwoplants,I'msorry.Onedoesn't
haveaflower.[Student01:06:28],whatelseisdifferent?
Oneisatreeandoneisaflower?
Okay,solet'susethatinthesentence."AnotherdifferencebetweentheArcticpoppy
andthestranglerfigis..."
[inaudible01:07:30].
Yeah,"AnotherdifferencebetweentheArcticpoppyandthestranglerfigistheArctic
poppyisaflowerandthestranglerfigisatree."Whataboutsomeofthefunctions?
Howdoesastranglertree...I'msorry,thosearen'tfunctions,adaptations.Howdoesa
strangertreesurviveintherainforest?
Becauseithasalotofwater.
Ithasalotofwater.Okay,therainforesthasalotofwater.Whatelsedoesitdo?Do
yourememberwhenwewerelearningaboutthe-
Oh,itsucksupallthewaterinthetreesandthetreesdie.
Okay,sothestranglerfig...Oneadaptationofthestranglerfigisitsucksupallthe
wateranditblocksallthesunlightfromthehosttree.DoestheArcticpoppydothat?
No.
No,sowhat'sanadaptationtheArcticpoppyhas?
OneadaptationoftheArcticpoppyisthesolitaryflowerfollowsthesun.
Yeah,verygood!"Oneadaptationofthestranglerfigis...""Oneadaptationofthe
Arcticpoppyis..."Okay,sodotheyhavesimilaradaptations?Killingthehosttree,
followingthesunlight,dotheyhavesimilaradaptations?
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No.
No?Okay,yeah.That'swhywe'rewritingtheminthecontrastparagraph....Goblow
yournose.Student,tissue...YouhaveaboutfifteenmoreminutesandthenI'mgoingto
haveacouplepeopleshare.Ifyou'redone,raiseyourhandandI'llshowyouhowto
emailyourdoctome.
Whatifweknowhowto?
Ifyouknowhowthenfine,butsomepeopledon't.
Whatifyoudon'tfinishit?
Well,justsendmewhatyouhavesofar.It'saworkinprogress,we'llprobablyaddsome
moretoittomorrow.Youmighthearsomefeedbackfromyourclassmatestodaythat
youwanttoincorporateinyourdoc.
Let'sgobacktothatparagraphaboutcomparing.Isthereanadaptationthattheyboth
sharethat'sthesame?Theyonlyhaveone,oneadaptationthatisvery,verysimilar.I'll
giveyouahint,ithastodowiththeroots.
Oh,thestems.
Theroots.
Oh,okay.Theroots.
TheArcticpoppy,whatdoitsshallowrootsgrowaround,Student?Whatdotheshallow
rootsgrowaround?
Rocks.
Okay.Student,thestranglerfigsroots,wheredoesitgrowaround?
Thehosttree.
Okay,sotheybothhaveadaptedtheirrootstogrowaroundsomething,andithelps
stabilizetheplant.
Doesthatmeanlike[inaudible01:12:18]?
Tostabilizemeansthatitdoesn'tmoveveryeasily.Remembertheshallowrootsonthe
Arcticpoppy?Theygrabontotherockssothatifthere'sabiggustofwindthey'renot
goingtofallover.Samewiththestranglerfig.Howdotherootsgetsohighupintothe
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hosttree?
Thebirdseatstheseedsandkeepsitontopofthetree.
Yeah,thebirdeatsthefruitandwhentheyeatthefruittheyalsoeatthe...
Seeds.
Seeds.
Seeds.
Theseeds,right.Sometimestheseedslandinahosttree.
Thentheygrow.
Theseedsstartgrowingaroundthehosttree,justlikethisone.Eventually,thisiswhyit
getsitsname,itstranglesthehosttreesothatitcan'tgrowanymore.Ittakesawayall
ofitswateranditblocksallofitssunlightanditkillsit.That'soneadaptationthat'svery
similar.Ifyouwanttogoupyourcomparepartofyouressayandwritethatin.I'llstart
itforyou,so,"OneadaptationboththeArcticpoppyandthestranglerfigsharearetheir
roots."Thenyoutalkabouthowbothplantshaveverystrong,sturdyroots.
Whatis[inaudible01:14:13]?
"AnotherdifferencebetweentheArcticpoppyandthestranglerfigisoneisatree,"
that'stheoneyousaid.
No,theotherone.
Thisone?"Oneadaptationofthestranglerfigis..."Ithinkithadtodowiththehair.
Oh,no.Ithadtodowithhowitgetsitsfood.Oneadaptationofthestranglerfigisthe
stranglerfigwillsurviveoffthehosttreeandslowlykillit,buttheArcticpoppy's
adaptationisthepoppywillfollowthesun.
Howareyouguysdoingbackthere?Anybodydone,needhelpemailingtheirpapers?
Okay,keepwritingI'llberightback.
[crosstalk01:15:26][inaudible01:15:26]...
Makesureyoutitleyourdocumentbeforeyouemailit...
[crosstalk01:16:03][inaudible01:16:03].
Itwilltellmewhoit'sfromandthen[inaudible01:16:08]...Okay.I'mgoingtoprintit
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out...OkayStudent,hereyougo.
[inaudible01:17:24].
Whenwegetthrough[inaudible01:17:29],andifnotthen[inaudible01:17:33].You
guyshaveabouteightmoreminutes...Howareyoudoing?Oh,whodidnotgotolunch
monitorsyet?
Me.
StudentandStudent.Student,youwentalready.
No,Ididn't.
Studentand[inaudible01:18:10].
No,hedidn't.
[inaudible01:18:17],okay.Youtwowillgoafterrecess.
[inaudible01:18:19].
Youwentalready.
[inaudible01:18:24].
Yeah,youwent.
[crosstalk01:18:45][inaudible01:18:46].
Startfinishingupyourlastcouplethoughtsandthenemailthosetomesothatyouhave
ittoreadoffof.It'sgoingtobereallyhardtoreadoffofyourlaptop...Okay...Okay,in
abouttwominutesI'mgoingtoaskthateveryonefinishtheirsentence.Evenifyou're
notfinishedwithyouressayjustfinishyoursentenceandstartemailingthemtomeso
thatIhavetimetoprintthemout.Sorry,nowyouhaveoneminute.Ifyou'redone,title
it,emailittome...
[inaudible01:20:40].
Okay,justwriteit[inaudible01:20:43]...[inaudible01:21:08],yoursiscomingright
now.
[inaudible01:21:11]?
Two?Isitthesameone?
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Yeah.Well,onehasabiggerfontthantheotherone.[inaudible01:21:23].
Okay.Whichonedoyouwant,theonewiththebigfontortheonewiththesmallfont?
Thebiggerfont.
Okay...
Doweeditit?
No,gotoshare.
Share?
Inthetoplefthandcorner.
Righthandcorner.
Righthandcorner,sorry.I'mbackwardstoday.Toprighthandcorner,thatbluebutton,
"Share."Didyougiveitatitle?Okay,typeinmyname,Teacher.Thenmyemailwill
comeup.
Teacher,isthefunctionthetop?
Yes.Here,Idon'tknowwhichoneyouwant.Theylookexactlythesametome...
[crosstalk01:22:38][inaudible01:22:38]...
Okay,youshouldhaveyoursentencefinished.Startemailingthemtome,becauseIjust
wantacoupleofpeopletoreadwhattheyhave.
Whatifyou'renotdone?
Itdoesn'tmatter,emailittome.LikeIsaid,ifyournotdonethat'sallrightbecause
we'reprobablygoingtomakerevisionstomorrowanyway,afteryouhearfeedback
fromyourclassmates.
Likethis?
Yup,sothere'sabluebuttoninthetoprighthandcornerthatsays,"Share."Ifyoudidn't
giveyourpaperanameit'sgoingtoaskyoutogiveitaname.Nameitanything,Science
paragraph,compareandcontrastessay,scienceessay.Thentypeinmylastnameinto
theemailslot,myemailshouldcomeup.
What,share?
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Share,yes.
[inaudible01:23:51].
Oh,leaveitas,"Canedit."Student,comegrabyoursofftheprinter...Didyousenditto
me,Student?
[inaudible01:24:16]sendedit.
Sendit.
AfterweputournameweputTeacher?
Yourname?Whyareyougoingtoputyourname?
[inaudible01:24:23].
Myname.
Teacher,whatdoI...
Giveitatitle.Okay,[Student01:24:37],yoursiscomingup...
What!
[Student01:24:48],yoursiscomingoutoftheprinter,too.
Teacher,itkeepsonaddingpeople.
Whyareyouaddingpeople?Justtypeinmyname.
Teacher,doyougoonthisone?
Yeah,andthenhitsend.
[crosstalk01:25:13][inaudible01:25:13]...
Doyouhavetowhat?
Writeyourname.
No.Didyousendittome?...Didyousendittome?Bringitoverhere,Student.
Student,[Student01:25:39],yoursisintheprinter.
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[Student01:26:00],yoursiscomingup...Okay,ifIdidn'tprintyoursyet...Becareful
withthat.
[crosstalk01:26:18][inaudible01:26:18].
[Student01:26:19],whyareyousendingittometwice?IfIdidn'tprintyoursyet,don't
worryaboutit.
Teacher?
Yes,[inaudible01:26:32]?
[inaudible01:26:34].Iwasjustasking.
Oh,yeah...
[crosstalk01:26:44][inaudible01:26:44]...
Student,Student,Student,yoursareallintheprinter,gograbit.Lastone,[Student
01:27:23].Thereyougo.Okay,canyoubring...Actually,youstayinyourseats.We'll
have...Firstone?Oh,Student.Canyoucloseyourcomputer?Allright,let'slistento
Student's.We'regoingtolistentosee...Student's,here.We'regoingtolistentosee,
didsheanswerthequestion?didshegiveexamples,sitesinformation?Didshegivean
explanationforhercitations.
I'vegottwoofthem.
Okay.Wewantconstructive,positivefeedback.Allright.
[inaudible01:28:27]question:howareplantsfromdifferentenvironmentssimilar?How
aretheydifferent?
Icancompareandcontrastplantsfromtwodifferentenvironmentsbycomparingthe
stranglerfigandtheArcticpoppy.TheArcticpoppylivesintheArcticandthestrangler
figlivesintherainforest.Theybothusesunlightandwater.Theybothhaverootsand
stems.ThefunctionoftheleavesontheArcticpoppyandthestranglerfigsaresimilar
becausetheybothhavethesamefunctionofperformingphotosynthesis.
Next,IcancontrastthestranglerfigandtheArcticpoppybytheArcticpoppyissmaller
thanastranglerfig,andthestranglerfigisbigger.TheArcticpoppydoesnotliveinthe
sameenvironment.TheArcticpoppylivesintheArcticandthestranglerfiglivesinthe
rainforest.Lastly,theArcticpoppyandthestranglerfigisdifferentfromitsweather.In
therainforesttheweatherrainsalot,andintheArcticitsnowsalot.
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Okay.Raiseyourhandifyoucangivehersomethingpositiveshehadinherpaper.
[Student01:29:41]?
Shedidn'thaveanyrun-onsentences.
Verygood.Yeah,shedidn'thaveanyrun-onsentences.Okay[Student01:29:48],
anythingelse?
Shestayedontopic.
Yeah,shestayedontopic.Nice.Canyougivehersomefeedbackforhowtomakeher
paperbetter?Allofyouaregoingtohavethesamethingforthecompare,unlessyou
wentbackinandyouaddedanotherdetail,solet'sfocusonthecontrast.Isthere
anythingshecandotomakethecontrastparagraphstronger?[Student01:30:12]?
Shecouldwritesomethingabouttheirfunctions.
Yeah,youdidn'thaveanythingabout...Well,youhadsomethingaboutthefunctions,
butwecanmakeitalittlebitmoredescriptive.Okay,soit'ssomethingtothinkabout
fortomorrow.Allright,good.Thankyou,Student.Haveaseat.We'regoingtoletfate
decidewhospeaks.[Student01:30:37]!
[crosstalk01:30:38][inaudible01:30:38].
I'mnotagoodspeaker.I'mcamerashy.
Okay,let'sberespectful.[inaudible01:30:53].
Oh,sorry.
Okay[Student01:30:58],canyousayyourparagraph,please?Youcandoit!
I'msoshy.
Youcandoit.
Whyareyouscaredofthecamera?
[inaudible01:31:15].
[Student01:31:17],let'sgo!Youcandoit.
Icancompareandcontrastplantsfromtwodifferentenvironmentsbycomparingthe
stranglerfigandtheArcticpoppy.TheArcticpoppylivesintheArcticandthestrangler
figlivesintherainforest.Theybothneedwater,sunlightandoxygen.Theybothhave
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rootsandstems.ThefunctionoftheleavesontheArcticpoppyandthestranglerfigs
aresimilarbecausetheybothhavethesamefunctionthatistodophotosynthesis.
Okay.
Thatisall.
That'sall?Okay.Good,canwetell[Student01:32:03]somethingpositiveabouthis
paper?[Student01:32:06],somethingpositiveabouthispaper?
Idon'tknow.
No,youhadyourhandraised.OkayStudent,somethingpositiveabouthispaper?
Somethingpositiveabouthispaperis[inaudible01:32:27]
Okay,whatwasthatcalled?[Student01:32:32]usedthatbefore,wetalkedaboutitlast
...
Run-onsentence.
Yeah,run-onsentences.Youdidn'thaverun-onsentences,verynice.Okay,anything
elsepositiveabouthispaper?Iheardsomething,headdedsomethingextra.Did
anybodyhear?Student?
Headded,"Oxygen."
Yeah,sohesaid,"Theybothneedwater,sunlight,andoxygen."Headdedthatother
basiclifenecessitytothatsentence.Howaboutsomethinghecanworkonfor
tomorrow?[Student01:33:05],what'ssomething[Student01:33:06]canworkonfor
tomorrowtomakehispaperstronger?
Moreparagraphs.
Moreparagraphs,yeah.Wedidn'thearanythingabouthowthey'redifferent.
Tomorrowthat'swhatyou'regoingtofocuson,iscontrastingtheArcticpoppyandthe
stranglerfig,okay?Verynice!See,youdidfine.Okay,wehavetimeforonemore.
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[Student01:33:38],comeonup.Ilikehowloudlyyouallaretalking,aswell.That'sbeen
somethingyou'vebeenworkingon.You'regettingbetter.[Student01:33:53]and
Student,[inaudible01:33:53].Okay[Student01:33:56],wheneveryou'reready.
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Icancompareplantsfromtwodifferentenvironmentsbycomparingthestranglerfig
andtheArcticpoppy.TheArcticpoppylivesintheArcticandthestranglerfiglivesinthe
rainforest.Theybothusewaterandsunlight.Theybothhaverootsandstems.The
functionoftheleavesontheArcticpoppyandthestranglerfigsaresimilarbecausethey
bothhavethesamefunctionofperformingphotosynthesis.
BotharedifferentbecausetheArcticpoppyfollowsthesun,andthestranglerfigwraps
aroundahosttreeastealswaterfromit.BotharedifferentbecausetheArcticpoppy
hashairandthestranglerfigdoesn't.Theybotharedifferentbecausethestranglerfigis
partofatree,andtheArcticpoppyisaplant.Botharesimilarbecausetheybothare
producers.
Oh,okay.Verynice.Thankyou,[Student01:35:04].Somethingpositiveyouheardinhis
paper,Student?
Itwasontopic.
Good.Yeah,hewasontopic.Howaboutthedetailheputinhissentences,Student?
Headdedphotosynthesis.
Okay,headdedphotosynthesis,yeah.Whataboutthecontrastsentences?Iheardafew
greatthingsinthere.[Student01:35:30]?
Hesaidthatthestranglerfigstolewaterfromthehosttree.
Yeah,hewasverydescriptivewithhisverbs."Itstealswater,"becausethat'swhatit
does.Itstealsthewaterfromthehosttree.Healsousedthatword,"They'reboth
producers."Theybothproduceenergyforotherorganisms.Verynice.Onepieceof
feedbackthathecanworkonfortomorrow,Student?
Hecanworkonaddingmorecontrast.
Okay,soaddingmoresentencestohiscontrast.Yeah,IthinkonethingthatIwould
adviceyoutodoismovethatcomparesentenceintothecompareparagraph.Ifyou
weregoingtodoitsimultaneously,so"Onethingthat'ssimilarabouttheArcticpoppy
andthestranglerfigistheybothareplants.However,theArcticpoppylivesina
differentenvironmentthanthestranglerfig."Thenyoucankindofmixthecompareand
contrasttogether,butwedidn'tdothattoday.Wejustdidonecompareparagraphand
onecontrastparagraph.Iwouldmovethatsentence,thatverylastsentenceabout
they'rebothproducers,moveitintothecompareparagraph.Otherwise,verygood!All
ofyourparagraphswereverygood!
Canyouputyourparagraphinyourmailboxand-
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[crosstalk01:37:19][inaudible01:37:19].
Putitinyourmailboxandlineupquietlyoutsidebecausetherecessbellisgoingtoring
inaboutoneminute.
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